Happy 11th Birthday Talia!

Talia is officially 11 years old... she is becoming such a beautiful young girl. 

This year was so fun, as far as birthday presents are concerned. Talia was in desperate need of a brand new bike and I knew she wanted a cruiser. So after several shopping trips we found the perfect bike. This is her getting her first peek at her hot new ride! She's such a wonderful kid, it really makes it fun for me to spoil her just a tiny bit once in a while. 

Me and my Tiny T

I love you so much Talia...

The big 10 has been quite the year for Talia. She was in soccer, dance, had tons of friends and also had her picture in a magazine. She also competed in a cake bake off with her grandma Duppy. Duppy entered a red velvet Waldorf Astoria cake. 

This is Talia and her extra special carrot cake. 

 She was also a member of the children's chorus in the Sounds Choir production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'  and I think she did very well. I went to see it on opening night, and again on closing night and they were both fantastic performances. She worked very hard to be a part of the show and spent about 8-10 hours a week at practices learning the music and choreography. She made quite a few friends and had a great time. 

This was closing night  and already a budding actress, she donned a grin for me to take a picture, 

 

then, when the picture was over, her true feelings about the show being over came through. 

Here's Talia with her little brother, one of many admirers who came to watch the show.

This was just a taste of the backstage mayhem from 70 plus kids, costumes, makeup, candy, little supervision... no wonder she liked it so much.